MODERATE EARTHQUAKE
Bouvet Island region
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Bouvet Island region on 24 Oct 2026, 15:24 UTC. The hypocentre was 12.5 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. No felt reports have been received so far. The figures have been revised 2 times since the first report.
- Depth
- 12.5 km
- Latitude
- 54.03°S
- Time
- 15:24 UTC
- Magnitude
- M5.8
shallow
7.01°E longitude
24 Oct 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 5.8
Can damage poorly constructed buildings; well-built structures usually escape with little harm.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 500 times the energy of a magnitude 4.0, roughly the energy of 8 thousand tonnes of TNT.
12.5 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
24 Oct 2026, 17:14 UTC · 124 km deep
24 Oct 2026, 16:54 UTC · 10 km deep
24 Oct 2026, 15:19 UTC · 10 km deep
24 Oct 2026, 11:48 UTC · 10 km deep